Rolf Sommerhalder wrote:

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> I did observe similar behaviour on four X4100 M2 as well (two with one

> socket dual-core, two with two sockets dual-core Opterons) using amd64

> bsd.mp snapshots from 23 and 28 Aug..

>

> Currently, amd64 bsd.mp snapshot 28. Aug is running stable on those

> four servers, although using a single SAS disk without RAID.

You said same action above for 23 & 28, and here you say stable for 28?

However, I have it unstable for the 28 for sure.
> Several days ago, there was a commit in kernel CVS about delaying

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> start of IPMI which is causing annoying delays at startup of amd64.

> Eventually, a more recent snapshot becomes available which includes

> this modification, before I get around to build a -current kernel.

I justed look now on the site and the latest snapshots was done just a

few hours ago:
ftp> ls pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/bsd.mp

227 Entering Passive Mode (129,128,5,191,167,61)

150 Have a Gorilla.

-r--r--r--    1 1114     1114      6708422 Sep 11 23:14 bsd.mp

226 There, everyone likes a Gorilla.

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So, I am not sure what testing you did, unless you built your own. new

Snapshots was just release now, witch I will be happy to test tonight

and see the results and report back.
Thanks
Daniel